1917
Jewel
2007
Jewel E. Ferguson
February 19, 1917 — November 19, 2007
Tupelo - Jewel Evans (Price) Ferguson, 90, died Sunday, November 18, 2007, at Chadwick Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Jackson, MS after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born February 19, 1917, to the late Sam Phant Evans and Ola Mills Evans.
Jewels greatest joys in life were her children and grandchildren and her large extended family. She was a storyteller and poet, creatively telling the stories of the Bible to children and adult Sunday School classes. One of her favorite hobbies was creating fascinating stories for her grandchildren. She wrote poetry to celebrate those she loved and to inspire those she taught. Her life was built around serving God at Harrisburg and Calvary Baptist Churches, where she loved singing in the choir and teaching her young married girls. As secretary at Leake and Goodlett Lumber Company, she loved typing letters for dear Mr. Leake and helping their clients decorate their homes. As interior decorator for Sears, she enjoyed creating beautiful spaces in her clients homes. She was honored several times by Sears as top decorator in the Southeast.
In her later years, Jewel loved serving as House Director for Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at Mississippi State University. She was thrilled to be named an honorary Zeta. She was an avid Bulldog fan.
Jewel loved to entertain. She loved to dance. Her family describe her as vivacious and elegant, a woman of passion and creativity, our best friend as well as our mom. She could meet everyone and make everyone feel good. She was a rare mix of elegance and class and fun. Everything she did she did with great excellence. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Starkville, MS.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Park.
Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Price of Brandon; a son, Walter Price, and her daughter-in-love, Janet, of Beaumont, CA; grandchildren Brad Burkett, Ben Burkett, Susan Burkett Toney, Merea Price, Allyson Price, Jennie Price, Arthur Price, and Hannah Price; great grandchildren Benjamin and Allison Toney; one brother and sister-in-law, Sam P.and Kathleen Evans, Jr., and many dear friends, cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her beloved sisters and brothers-in-law: Johnnie and Malcom McHaffey, Sara and Roy Jackson, Winnie and Herman Shumpert.
Pallbearers will be Ben Burkett, Arthur Price, Brad Burkett, Steve Toney, Benjamin Toney, Morgan Whitfield, and Lewis Evans.
Visitation will be 10 to 11 am Saturday at the funeral home.
Jewels greatest joys in life were her children and grandchildren and her large extended family. She was a storyteller and poet, creatively telling the stories of the Bible to children and adult Sunday School classes. One of her favorite hobbies was creating fascinating stories for her grandchildren. She wrote poetry to celebrate those she loved and to inspire those she taught. Her life was built around serving God at Harrisburg and Calvary Baptist Churches, where she loved singing in the choir and teaching her young married girls. As secretary at Leake and Goodlett Lumber Company, she loved typing letters for dear Mr. Leake and helping their clients decorate their homes. As interior decorator for Sears, she enjoyed creating beautiful spaces in her clients homes. She was honored several times by Sears as top decorator in the Southeast.
In her later years, Jewel loved serving as House Director for Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at Mississippi State University. She was thrilled to be named an honorary Zeta. She was an avid Bulldog fan.
Jewel loved to entertain. She loved to dance. Her family describe her as vivacious and elegant, a woman of passion and creativity, our best friend as well as our mom. She could meet everyone and make everyone feel good. She was a rare mix of elegance and class and fun. Everything she did she did with great excellence. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Starkville, MS.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Park.
Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Price of Brandon; a son, Walter Price, and her daughter-in-love, Janet, of Beaumont, CA; grandchildren Brad Burkett, Ben Burkett, Susan Burkett Toney, Merea Price, Allyson Price, Jennie Price, Arthur Price, and Hannah Price; great grandchildren Benjamin and Allison Toney; one brother and sister-in-law, Sam P.and Kathleen Evans, Jr., and many dear friends, cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her beloved sisters and brothers-in-law: Johnnie and Malcom McHaffey, Sara and Roy Jackson, Winnie and Herman Shumpert.
Pallbearers will be Ben Burkett, Arthur Price, Brad Burkett, Steve Toney, Benjamin Toney, Morgan Whitfield, and Lewis Evans.
Visitation will be 10 to 11 am Saturday at the funeral home.
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